Kathy Davis is an American sociologist who serves as a senior research fellow at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Her work has been influential for her sociological approaches to feminist theory and body politics.
Davis is one of the foremost contemporary theorists on a feminist approach to the practice of cosmetic surgery. Her 1995 book Reshaping the Female Body was innovative in its application of sociological research methods to the female patients who undergo cosmetic surgery. She has since been quoted as an expert on the subject by Cosmopolitan, The New Yorker, and the Financial Times.